1.   A working group, with representatives of all the republics concerned, was established to prepare a first draft.

2.   As he read the first draft of his sermon, Barnabas listened with sincere interest.

3.   Could it really be the first rough draft of a Euro-constitution?

4.   I learned that the hard way, by losing a couple of first drafts of articles I was writing.

5.   It is easiest to write the first draft all in one go - then you sustain the mood of the short story.

6.   It is the first draft - one which the officials probably expected Ministers to beef up and argue about.

7.   Journalism, it is often said in newsrooms, is the first draft of history.

8.   The Committee is in the process of finalizing its first draft.

9.   The first draft of the script has been completed, but no casting has been finalized yet.